Many high school students have begun 'applying for college'. [=asking to be accepted as students at colleges or universities by filling out and sending applications]
He was able to stop the bleeding by 'applying' pressure to the cut. [=by pressing on/against the cut]
We can handle these problems effectively if we 'apply' the lessons learned from past experiences.
(..) that I won't be able to afford the medication for. Well, tests have shown that children under moderate trauma have a tendency to apply themselves academically as a method of coping. Go fuck yourself. That's what my kids'll think. Your children's admiration is important to you? (..)2009 Up in the Air